(b. after 1763), 2nd dau. of 2nd E. of Arran [I]; m. Henry Monck.
1790 - 4 Florence (Jul. - Aug. 1790), Rome (Dec. 1791), Naples (by 7 Dec. 1791 - Feb. 1792 - ; winter 1792 - 3), Rome (by 4 May 1793), Florence (21 May), Naples (winter 1793 - 4), Venice (Jun. 1794)
Henry Monck and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, spent some four years in Italy, but accounts of their visit are disjointed. Lady Elizabeth, a great beauty,1 clearly spent much time with her sister, the 'frolicsome Irish widow', Lady Anne Hatton.
In July and August 1790 the Moncks were in Florence,2 where the British envoy, John, Lord Hervey, although much occupied with Lady Anne Hatton, was also attentive to Lady Elizabeth.3 In December 1791 they were listed in Rome,4 and they were in Naples in January 1792, when Lady Anne, making a set at Prince Augustus, was staying with them. They were in Naples for the winter of 1792 - 3,5 and in May 1793 they were in Rome living grandly in the Palazzo Farnese in apartments 'usually occupied by the Ambassador of his Sicilian Majesty', Lady Elizabeth being 'a great favourite of the Queen of Naples'.6 On 21 May they witnessed Lord Bruce's wedding at La Quercia. They presumably spent the winter of 1793 - 4 in Naples with Lady Anne, all three coming from Naples to Venice in June 1794.7
1. Holland Jnl., 1:55, 122. 2. Gibbes jnl.mss (4 Jul., 8 Aug. 1790). 3. Taylor Papers, 9. 4. The World, 5 Jan. 1792. 5. Parker jnl.mss. 6. Forbes jnl.mss (4 May 1793). 7. ASV is 770.